Transport

As you know, we have Cheryl, James and Sylvester down to help us with the translation and recording of Bible Stories.

When we seek to be efficient and effective, we sometimes come across problems in the execution of those plans.

Let us explain: We have found that the work we feel God has called us to do very important. While we seek to do work in remote places, there are many interruptions and hindrances to this.  Having people down here, is more efficient, (except when people have heart operations!!!!).

People are asking to come to stay with us. It is a great way for them to get intensive bible teaching while doing the recording. Teaching the bible is part of the recording process, as they need to know the Bible story to be able to tell it effectively.

This year, we will have a couple of young people boarding with us to attend school. These kids are from Borroloola. Abstudy covers their fares down here, and covers their school fees.  We decided to do this, as these kids were really trying to get an education in Borroloola. They will be attending DALE, St Phillips Christian College in Newcastle.

Our problem? Transport. Our car is not big enough, as children are a part of the package deal when we get people down here, along with our kids.

We have been praying about another vehicle for a while, and asking God what to do about it. The patrol is too expensive to run around town, and it does not have enough seats.

Dennis found a bus at a car auction a couple of weeks ago. It did not sell, so he decided to have a look at it.

When he was talking to the car dealer, it came up in conversation our reason for wanting the bus.

The dealer said he was very sympathetic to the church work, even though he is not a believer.  As the conversation continued, he mentioned a Christian he had dealt with recently and was very impressed with. It turned out this person stayed with us while he was buying the car from this dealer.

The dealer was even more excited when Dennis said that he knew the couple and knew the wife since she was very tiny.

This made the dealer very excited. He said that he wanted to help us get the best deal we could.

After some talking, he took the car off the market. He will wait until we get the money to buy it. Needless to say, we do not have any to pay for it.

1996  180,000km  13 seater   Toyota Hiace  2.4 EFI

It was suggested that we could put on the side, that the bus was provided by the company, and they would service the car free of charge for the time we had the car in our possession.  He dropped the price and offered to fix up a few things that needed attention free of charge!

Now we have the bus ready to buy. All we need is $7000 to redeem it!



Could you pray that God will raise the funds for us to purchase the bus.

We would like to give Chris Purcell at Valley Motor Auctions thanks for his help with the bus